Sunday, March 27, 2011

Nepali girls win international award

NEPALGUNJ, March 26: A team of six nursing students from Nepalgunj has won an international award provided by the British Council for its unique concept of easing traffic congestion.

The concept developed by Sharmila Thapa, Asmita Giri, Sabida Subedi, Sujan Shrestha, Rajani Shah and Bimala Phunyal, intermediate level nursing students at Mid Western Technical School of Nepalgunj, beat other ideas about easing traffic congestion presented by different teams of students from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Kazakhstan.


While other participants reiterated the same old ideas of strict traffic rules, improvement in road networks and carefulness of motorists, Nepali team emphasized on active participation of all organs of society for a better traffic system. "We will not let our concept remain only in papers," said Asmita Giri, one of the students, after winning the award. "We will implement it practically."

In December, British Council had asked students of all technical schools to choose a problem and then work out an innovative solution.

Their concept was adjudged best at regional and central levels before being sent to the international competition. The British Council has provided Rs 1,000 to the award-winning girls´ team to implement its concept.

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